Pacific Northwest Employer's Guide

The Pacific Northwest Employer's Guide is an authoritative book that provides the lay of the land of employment law for business owners, managers, and human resource professionals. Written from an employer's point of view, The Guide integrates the federal and Oregon and Washington laws that affect the employer-employee relationship. Using plain English, this work explains the legal aspects of the events and situations most employers face. This 12th Edition of the Pacific Northwest Employer's Guide includes: discussion of the major 2004 changes to federal overtime rules and COBRA notice requirements new sections on employee evaluations and investigating employee misconduct updated sections on Oregon and Washington workers¿ compensation, unemployment compensation, and child labor laws. Chapter headings are: Hiring Termination Health and Safety Civil Rights Hours and Pay Unions, Government Contractors, and Miscellaneous Regulations the Guide comes in a three-ring binder; each chapter is tabbed and includes numbered section headings in bold print for ease of use. Relevant state and federal agencies are listed at the end of each chapter, As well as citations For The information discussed. Updated annually.Summers Press, Inc. Staff is the author of 'Pacific Northwest Employer's Guide', published 2004 under ISBN 9780735547001 and ISBN 0735547009.